The 2014 Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival officially opened today, and pipes|drums Magazine was on the scene – or, rather, scenes, with multiple venues across the great city of Glasgow hosting events.

We hope that you enjoy this video medley of a few of the events that we were able to get to today, really just part of everything happening on Day 1 of six fantastic days of piping and drumming fun.

Two years ago, after about eight years away from it, I was looking for a piping change, so had another go at solo competition. I’d stopped shortly after my mother died suddenly in 2003, having lost the desire to keep … Continue re …

TIP OF THE DAYDrummers: Get a handle on your players’ tolerances ASAP – mentally, physically and emotionally – in order to get the most out of them, your rehearsals and your performances.Jon Quigg, City of Washington Pipe Band